A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
I'm doing a little consulting. I'm somewhat retired, still a director of a company or two.
In order to stand well in the eyes of the community, it is necessary to come up to a certain, somewhat indefinite, conventional standard of wealth.
Every garden looks beautiful in May.' Meaning: Everyone is somewhat attractive when she's young.
To restrict oneself and somewhat settle under a particular sexual essence is to limit our expression and individual progress.
I brushed it until it shone and looked somewhat like it used to look, only far thinner, and less glorious.
I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.
One has to take a somewhat bold and dangerous line with this existence: especially as, whatever happens, we are bound to lose it.
I'm from New York, I make kind of somewhat maybe lewd, at times - maybe some would say dirty - jokes. But in jest.
It's somewhat of a normal procedure sometimes when you have a knee drained... so long as it's not something you have to do every game.
Typically creative people are usually not clock-slaves or list-makers, so the idea of enforcing goals and deadlines can be somewhat daunting.
There must be something wrong with the mirrors in our house because every single one I gaze into makes me appear somewhat overweight.
I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother?
My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.
Can't blame men for wanting him. And wouldn't be surprised if Dad even mildly flirted back. Dad somewhat enjoyed being called gay. He said it made women want to prove the assertion wrong.
I'm a big fan of good grades. But I am going to suggest to you that you will find that the skills of a student are of somewhat less use to you once you get out into what is sometimes referred to as 'the real world.'
My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered.
As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to talking back to the merchants of fear.
We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves.
'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' took a year to record; that's why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. 'Balance,' on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate.
It is curious that, with my somewhat antinomian tendencies, I should have gone to Trinity Hall - which was, and is, before all a Law College - and should thus have been thrown into close touch with the legal element in life.
